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PIN TICKET Fay S. Lincoln, New York, NY. Application October 10, 1956, Serial No. 615,056

2 Claims. (Cl. 24-161) This invention has to do with a pin ticket and a wire frame therefor. Such pin tickets are attached to fabrics, garments and the like to bear markings of price, lot, grade or other information. Despite the many forms devised in the past, there remains a need which I believe is met by this invention for a wire frame construction which will permit surer and more rapid attachment and easy detachment, without injury to the fabric, and which moreover provides for a simple and secure connection of the frame to the ticket.

Preferred forms are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the simplest form of single pin frame;

Fig. 2 is an end view as viewed from the bottom of Fig. 1 and shows the parts in locked condition;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view through line 33 of Fig. 1 showing the pin as attached to a fabric and in locked position;

Fig. 4 shows in plan a two pin form;

Fig. 5 shows in plan a two-pin form with special provision for connection to a ticket; and

Fig. 6 shows a side view of the form shown in Fig. 5.

All of the several forms employ the basic idea best illustrated by that of Fig. 1. There, a single piece of spring wire, suitably of No. 6 to No. 8 gauge, is bent to form an open figure lying in a plane and shown as including at the mid-part of the wire a cross bar 10, together with two side portions 11, 12 and a shorted opposite end portion 13 where the terminal parts of the wire are bent inwardly and come together parallel with the cross bar 10. The side portions are shown as being straight, but can be curved or other shape. Preferably, as shown, the cross bar is longer than the opposite end 13. One terminal portion is bent again to form a prong 15 which extends across the figure from the mid-part of the narrow end 13 to and slightly beyond the cross bar 10. The other terminal portion 16 can stop at a point close to the point 17 where the first terminal portion is bent to form the prong, but it preferably carries across as shown at 18 to be along the first terminal portion 19, short of the prong 15, to give a stronger frame portion to which the ticket is attached.

In Fig. 1, the paper ticket 20 is shown only in outline to indicate its relation to the wire frame, and it may be taken that its main portion lies above the wire frame as seen in Fig. 1. It is attached at the end 13 of the frame opposite the cross bar, as by having a portion folded over on itself to receive the end 13 of the frame within the fold, leaving the wire frame exposed below the line 21. Alternatively, a separate binding cover may be used (see Fig. 3) corresponding in size to the folded over portion of the ticket. Any suitable means of attachment may be employed to hold the tab or cover in place, and so hold the ticket to the frame; such as a waterproof adhesive which adheres to both metal and paper.

Considering the cross bar 10 in more detail, as the locking portion of the frame, it will be seen from Fig. 2 that 2,999,693 Patented Aug. 25, 1959 it is deformed in a plane at a right angle to the plane of the frame proper to form at least one trough 25 on its side toward the ticket. This trough is at the mid-part of the cross bar where the pin 15 crosses it. Preferably, on either side of each trough 25, are crests 26, 27 formed by oppositely deforming the cross bar. There may also be additional troughs, as shown at either side of the crests.

The pin pointedprong 15 normally crosses the bar 10 on its side away from the ticket, and extends slightly beyond the bar. Where it crosses the bar 10, it is curved away from the plane of the figure formed by the wire frame and away from the ticket. The pin or prong 15 thus normally stands free. This is the unlocked condition in which the pin ticket exists before attachment.

Attachment is made by grasping in one hand the end of the ticket away from the cross bar and thrusting the free-standing pin 15 into the fabric and back out so that the point protrudes on the same side of the fabric that Was first penetrated. In this posture, the cross bar 10 is on the side of the pin away from the fabric and adjacent the ticket. The next or locking step is to take hold of the cross bar with the fingers and to bow it out by pulling so that it can be shifted over the end of the pin to the fabric side of the pin. A slight outward bowing of the cross bar enables it to clear the pin. When relaxed, the cross bar then rests under the pin, with the pin lying in a trough, whereby the pin is securely held in place. The curvature of the bend of the pin causes the pin point to be directed toward the fabric so that the hazard of scratching is minimized- The parts are shown in the locked position in Figs. 2 and 3.

To detach the tag, it is necessary only to grasp it and pull it in the direction of Withdrawal of the pin. Without excessive strain on its threads, the fabric which is thereby pressed against the cross bar 10 deforms or bows it outwardly by enough to clear the end of the pin and so unlock it and permit its full withdrawal.

The curvature of the end of the pin 15, being convex toward the cross bar during locking, facilitates the shifting of the pin to the inner side of the bar.

Fig. 4 shows a simple form of two-pin unit which is identical with that of Fig. 1 except for the fact that both terminal portions of the wire are bent inwardly to form prongs 15 and 15a beyond their sections which together form the end 13 of the frame. There is a trough in the cross bar 10 for each pin. This two-pin unit is attached and detached in the same way. Its advantage is that it gives a more secure lock for a given weight and resilience of wire and a given configuration of the frame. As a result, one can have either a more secure lock or, for the more sheer fabrics, the same security as with a single pin but less hazard to the fabric by reason of using a frame construction offering less resistance to the deformation required for release.

In Figs. 5 and 6 is shown a modified form of frame in which there is an improved means for connecting the frame to a ticket, without requiring an adherent tab or cover. This form employs a single piece of wire, but longer to provide material at the end 13 from which to fashion two crook-shaped loops 30, 31 adapted to em- :brace the edge of the ticket and to have their ends pressed into bite into the ticket and give a form of stapled connection. Each crook is in the form of a loop having its two sides close together with a sharp return bend 32 at the end. This loop projects outwardly from the end 13 in the plane of the frame proper and then is bent back on itself with space to receive the ticket in the crook. The crook therefore is on the ticket side of the frame, away from the pin or pins 15 in the unlocked condition. This connecting or attaching means can be used with either a single pin or a two-pin frame.

formed from a single length of spring wire comprising two spaced arms joined together by a linear spring bar to form a closed lower portion, the said arms and spring bar together forming a U-shaped frame of plane configr uration, the free ends of said arms being bent toward and free from direct interconnection with each other to form a ticket securing means, at least one of said arms being further bent downwardly and extending across in contact with said bar and at right angles thereto and terminating in a pinpoint portion immediately beyond said bar, said pinpoint portion being relatively short in relation to the length of said bar, whereby said bar may be resiliently bowed to either side of said pinpoint portion for locking the fastener on said article.

2. A pin ticket frame as in claim 1, in which said resilient spring bar has at least two troughs at a. right angle to the plane of the frame, the said other arm being provided with a second pinpoint portion, each of said pinpoint portions extending across the bar at a right angle to said spring bar with their respective ends projecting slightly beyond said bar and normally crossing it on its side away fiom said troughs while being adapted to be shifted to the trough side to be in the troughs.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 630,934 Sch1agle' Aug. {15, 1899 1,254,382 Yoshizawa I an. 22, 1918 1,921,082 Henrikson Aug. 8, 1933 FOREIGN PATENTS 506,953 Canada Nov. 2, 1954 

